Caribbean History: From Pre-Colonial Origins to the Present (Paperback)

Preface; Chapter 1: Original Peoples; Chapter 2: The Coming of Columbus; Chapter 3: The Northern European Challenge to Spain; Chapter 4: The Africans: Long Night of Enslavement; Chapter 5: The Enslaved and te Manumitted: Human Strivings in Savage Surroundings; Chapter 6: The Big FIght Back: Resistance, Marronage, Proto-States; Chapter 7: The Big Fight Back: Suriname and Jamaica; Chapter 8: The Big Fight: Rebellion to Haitian Revolution; Chapter 9: Emancipation: Help Arrives from Europe; Chapter 10: After Emancipation: Obstacles and Progress; Chapter 11: The Caribbean and Africa Through the Early 20th Century; Chapter 12: The United States and the Caribbean to World War II; Chapter 13: Twentieth Century to World War II: Turbulent Times; Chapter 14: World War II to Century's End; Chapter 15: Prognosis